Production of metals stands for 40% of all industrial greenhouse gas emissions, 10% of the
global energy consumption, 3.2 billion tonnes of minerals mined, and several billion tonnes …

This review discusses the latest trend in recovering valuable metals from spent lithium-ion
batteries (LIBs) to meet the technological world's critical metal demands. Spent LIBs are a …

This review provides an update to the last mini-review with the same title pertaining to recent
developments in bioleaching and biooxidation published in 2013 (Brierley and Brierley). In …

Ever-growing global energy needs and environmental damage have motivated the pursuit of
sustainable energy sources and storage technologies. As attractive energy storage …

The removal of heavy metals from sewage sludge (SS) is attracting increasing attention
because the presence of toxic heavy metals in SS restricts its reuse or disposal, especially …

The world is currently facing significant challenges in reducing the concentration of
atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO 2) through scientific methods, primarily by sequestering the …

This article has reviewed the progress that has been made in bioleaching research of metals
using filamentous fungi. This review has focused on fungal bioleaching from various metal …

The disposal of hazardous waste of any form has become a great concern for the industrial
sector due to increased environmental awareness. The increase in usage of …

Bioleaching has been successfully used in commercial metal mining for decades. It uses
microbes to biosolubilize metal-containing inorganic compounds such as metal oxides and …

Chalcopyrite (CuFeS 2) is the most abundant copper-containing resource in the earth and is
also widely distributed in solid wastes and secondary resources. Biohydrometallurgy …